spring break.

for a stay-at-home-mom, i think the best way to spend spring break is close to home. i imagine one day, when the boys get older, we might venture farther away, but for now, we made our own fun right in our own backyard and in our own town.

a lot of our time was spent with our favorite set of sisters in our own backyard:
catching caterpillars, swinging in the hammock and eating popsicles.

lane picked up a frisbee one night while we were at target. and played with it in the backyard each day. when he couldn't convince his papa, brother or a friend to play with him, he'd play
with the short hair.

evan invented a new game: sliding down the hill in the bucket of the big tonka truck tractor.
the older boys stole his idea and perfected their technique.

the short hair soaked up a lot of sun.

we dyed a lot of eggs. and ate almost as many as we dyed.

toward the end of the week, the weather cooled a bit.
i met lanna for a night out on thursday.
james and i spent a little time alone on friday night.
on saturday, the boys and i ventured out for a while to visit with some of our favorite family friends. we enjoyed a pizza lunch, a walk around the square, playing on the train and, of course, making penny wishes in the fountain.

val wished for a passing grade. my mom wished for a day off each week to spend with the boys. lane wished for a monster truck.

i kept my penny.

i've got everything i could ever want.